Why: I had 18 miles on the training schedule for race weekend, and tagging a late morning half marathon on the end of it made sense to me. Oakland has always been a logistically easy race. I usually like the…
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Race Recap: Oakland Half Marathon 2019
Tagged with: friends, half marathon, London Marathon, Oakland Running Festival, race photos, training
Posted in Race Recap, Training
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A Quick & Dirty Guide to Training for Your First Half Marathon
Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor, nor am I a certified coach. The advice below is purely anecdotal and should be taken with a grain of salt. 🙂 My sister-in-law, LJ, recently signed up for her first half marathon in…
Race Recap: Alameda Half Marathon 2017
I’ve been putting off writing this recap because it wasn’t a goal race for me, so it’s not like I had any goals or expectations. Then why did I sign up? Because a friend (KH) texted me, saying, “I just…
Pacing Recap: Summer Breeze Half Marathon
Last year, I ran the Summer Breeze Half Marathon as a PR attempt – which, I’m happy to say, was successful. The course is super close to where I live and I often run there. So, when my pacing group…
Tagged with: Brazen, half marathon, pacing, Summer Breeze, TriValley Runners
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Posted in Pace Group, Uncategorized
Pacing Recap: Livermore Half Marathon
On March 26th, I paced my 4th half marathon with the Trivalley Running Club at the Livermore Half Marathon. Once again, I was the 2:20 pacer, though this time, because of the size of the race (2600+ finishers), I also…
Tagged with: half marathon, Livermore Half, pacing, TriValley Runners
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Posted in Pace Group, Race Recap
Race Recap: Badger Cove Half Marathon (Wildcat Edition)
Sometimes, I’m eager to write a race recap, and other times, I drag my feet (or fingers, as it were). I haven’t been that motivated to write about Badger Cove for a number of reasons. For one thing, due to…
Race Recap: Berkeley Half Marathon
While planning my long runs for CIM, I considered signing up for the Berkeley Half Marathon. On the list of Pros: 2 weeks before CIM, when I had a fast finish long run on the schedule anyway local race easy…
Tagged with: Berkeley Half, CIM, friends, half marathon, hills, race photos, race recap
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CIM Training Week 10 of 12: Peak Week?
“Peak Week 1” LOLZ. I don’t know if I’m peaking, or just feel “peak-ed”. With Thanksgiving upon us, I can’t help but get in the mindset of feeling grateful for a lot of things in my life. In terms of…
Pacing Recap: Dream Mile Half Marathon
After such a tumultuous week, it feels strange and vapid to be filling up my little corner of the internet with a story of a race I ran on Sunday. But I promised I would, so here it goes. The…
Tagged with: Dream Mile, food, half marathon, Hellyer, pacing, photos, San Jose, TriValley Runners
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CIM Training Week 7 of 12 + OktobeRun Pacing Recap
Wow, it felt really good to type out “Week 7 of 12” in the title. This past week, I had a crazy anxiety dream about CIM. (I know reading about other people’s dreams can be boring, but just bear with…
Tagged with: CIM, half marathon, OktobeRun, pacing, race photos, tempo intervals, training, TriValley Runners
Posted in Pace Group, Race Recap, Training
Posted in Pace Group, Race Recap, Training
Running Tangents 